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TOMMY’S 

THANKSGIVING DINNER 

A Play for Small Actors 


MARY TAYLOR CORNISH 

Author of Three Little Runaway Trees 



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CHARACTERS 


Tommy. a small boy 

Mr. Bowl of Soup. a small boy 


Mr. Turkey. 


Cranberry Maids .. 

. ten (more or less) small girls 

Mr. Irish Potato .. 

. a small boy 

Miss White Onion. 

. a small girl 

Cabbage. 

. a small boy or girl 

Miss Cook Book ... 


Peter Pumpkin ..., 











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Mr. Bowl of Soup: large bowl-shaped cardboard fastened around 
top of head. Should have “SOUP” printed on it. 

Turkey: full-gathered pajamas of brown lining, the neck, elbows, 
knees and slipper-tops being edged with raveled yarn. A turkey- 
head of brown lining, with a pasteboard bill, and a long, red wattle 
of raveled yarn on the head. 

Cranberry Maids: full red skirts, red stockings, red waists, little 
red caps of crepe paper. Bracelets and necklaces of crajaberries 
strung together may be worn. 

Mr. Irish Potato: full blouse of brown with eyes made of knots of 
black yarn sewed on at intervals. Blouse is padded to make the 
little actor look rotund. 

Miss White Onion: full blouse of white crepe paper padded to the 
shape of an onion. Green stalks rise from a flat white cap. 

Cabbage: hood of light green paper cut in the shape of cabbage 
leaves and folded over the head in such a manner as to expose the 
face only. 

Mtss Cook Book: girl sandwiched between two large pieces of card¬ 
board on which is printed “COOK BOOK.” 

Peter Pumpkin : may have a real pumpkin for his head, with places 
cut for eyes, ears and mouth, and wear a green dress. Or he may 
wear a green skirt, a yellow puffed waist, a flat yellow cap with a 
bit of green paper (wired) for the stem. 


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TOMMY’S THANKSGIVING DINNER 


Scene : May be a living-room, or merely the bare stage. At 
the center front is a large armchair. Tommy enters, 
stands near the chair and recites. 

Tommy: 

I am goin’ out to Grandma’s, 

To spend my Thanksgivin’ day. 

I can taste the goodies now— [pats stomach and draws 
in breath] 

Gee! I wish that I could stay! 

I live at home with Sister Kate, 

An’ when she goes to cook, 

She always sticks her nose 
Down in a big old book 

That tells her how to do it. 

Puts in this and puts in that [gesture as if sprinkling 
in materials ]. 

Heads [holds hands as if reading], then puts something 
more in [sprinkles in more materials] 

An’ when it’s cooked—Gee, it’s flat! [Makes a face 
as if tasting something unsavory.] 

So I’m goin’ out to Grandma’s, 

An ’ she cooks out of her head, 

Cranberry sauce and turkey, 

Cabbage an’ greens an’ gingerbread, 

An’ just the bestest dressin’ 

Made out of dry bread-crust. 


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TOMMY’S THANKSGIVING DINNER 


I dassn’t eat all I want, 

’Cause if I do, I’ll bust! 

Preserves an’ jelly an’ pickles, 

An’ good old-fashioned pie; 

When a cook cooks out of her head, 

You can eat ’til you almost die. 

[Yawns, stretches, and speaks sleepily.] 

I’m ’fraid this day will never pass, 

It has already seemed a year; 

I guess [sits down in chair] I’ll go to sleep an’ dream 
I’m out at Grandma’s ’stead of here. 

[Cuddles down in chair and goes to sleep.] 

Enter Mr. Bowl of Soup 
[walking very stiffly] 

Bowl of Soup : 

Hello, Tommy! Glad to see you. 

My name is Mr. Bowl of Soup, 

Excuse me that I do not bow, 

But I am full, and cannot stoop. 

Enter Turkey [makes deep bow] 

Turkey : 

Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble! 

Before you, Mr. Turkey you see; 

I’ll gobble for you today, 

Tomorrow you ’ll gobble me! 

Enter The Cranberry Maids 
[with dancing steps and deep bows ] 

Cranberry Maids : 

Prancing and dancing, ripe and red, 

Merry Cranberry maids are we. 

Wherever Mr. Turkey goes, 

Rosy Cranberry Maids you’ll see. 

[They group themselves about the Turkey.] 


TOMMY’S THANKSGIVING DINNER 


Potato: 

Enter Mr. Potato 
[Bows.] 

I’m Mr. Irish Potato— 

Let me sing for you a ballad: 

You may bake, boil or fry me, 

Or put me in a salad. 

Enter White Onion 


[Bows.] 

White Onion: 

May I make my little bow ? 


Potato: 

Miss White Onion is my name. 

My sweet perfume fills the air; 

It has brought me world-wide fame. 

Miss Onion is a friend of mine, 

She has no eyes, yet cries and cries; 
And even moves the cook to tears, 

But I can’t cry, though blest with eyes. 

Cabbage: 

Enter Cabbage 
[Bows.] 

How-de-do! My name is Cabbage, 

But when folks choose to eat me raw, 
Chopped into bits and served with sauce, 

I change from Cabbage into Slaw. 

Pumpkin : 

Enter Peter Pumpkin 
[Bows.] 

Peter, Peter Pumpkin is my name, 

I’m leaving now, but don’t you cry; 
You’ll meet me again tomorrow 

In Grandma’s good old ‘ ‘ punkin ’ ’ pie. 


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TOMMY’S THANKSGIVING DINNER 


Turkey [to other characters] : 

’Twere wise, my friends, for us to vow 
Henceforth forever to agree; 

For ere tomorrow’s sun goes down, 

In [shivers] dark, close quarters we shall be. 

Miss Cook Book enters 

Potato [shivers and speaks in a hoarse voice to the others ]: 

Sh! Come, let’s get away from here! 

She’ll have us peeled and in the pot 

Before we know what we’re about. 

Come on, let’s do the turkey trot! 

[Turkey leads in trot , followed by the Cranberry Maids 
and Vegetables.] 

Miss Cook Book: How do you do, Tommy? I’ll have to 
talk prose. I can’t be bothered with poetry. Besides, let 
me whisper, that isn’t poetry! [Potato and Onion look 
sorrowful and wipe each other’s eyes.] On the contrary, 
it is very bad rhyming. [Turkey looks indignant. Cran¬ 
berry Maids all make faces at Miss Cook Book.] But I 
don’t mind their playing at bad rhymes, so long as they 
do their own work well. Their own work, Tommy, is to 
build up bone and flesh and muscle. A noble work! 
[Turkey and Vegetables look pleased.] And they do it 
well if the cook doesn’t ruin them. I heard you talking 
about Kate’s cooking. All that you said about a “cook 
cooking out of her head” is nonsense. In the first place, 
Grandma couldn’t begin to tell you how many things 
she burned up, or how much time she wasted, even when 
she had me to consult! Kate is studying Domestic Sci¬ 
ence, and in a few years she will know what it took Grand¬ 
ma a long, long time to learn. Good-by. If it were not 
for me, you probably would not enjoy your dinner to¬ 
morrow. [Exit.] 


TOMMY’S THANKSGIVING DINNER 


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Turkey and Vegetables [fall in line and sing in concert 
as they march across the stage and wave to the sleeping 
Tommy as they make their exit ]: 

Tune: Good-Night, Ladies [Merrily We Roll Along] 

Good-by, Tommy ! Good-by, Tommy! Good-by, Tommy! 
Until tomorrow noon; 

Then we’ll all come back to you, back to you, back to you, 
Then we’ll all come back to you 

In a silver spoon! 

* [Exeunt] 



Tommy [yawns, stretches, rubs his eyes and grins sheep¬ 
ishly] : Gee! I must have been asleep. [Rushes from 
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